lue

See also: Lue, Luè, lüe, lüè, lü, Lü, lüě, -lü, and łue

English

Alternative forms

• lew

Etymology

Uncertain.

Verb

lue (third-person singular simple present lues, present participle luing, simple past and past participle lued)

1. (mining, dialect, transitive) To sift using a sieve, particularly in mining tin or silver.
   • 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, page 116:

     Cardiganshire... That which is thus Buddled they lue with a thick hair sieve close wrought in a tub of water.

   • 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, page 122:

     Cornwall... The fine [sc. tin] is lewed in a fine sierce.

Anagrams

• -ule, Elu, LEU, leu, ule

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish lughæ, Old Norse logi, from Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”). Compare German Lohe, Swedish låga, Old English līeġ, English low (“flame”).

Noun

lue c (singular definite luen, plural indefinite luer)

1. flame

Inflection

Declension of lue

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lue	luen	luer	luerne
genitive	lues	luens	luers	luernes

Synonyms

• (flame): flamme c

Verb

lue (imperative lu, infinitive at lue, present tense luer, past tense luede, perfect tense har luet)

1. flame

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lúfa. Cognate with Swedish luva and Norwegian Nynorsk luve.

Noun

lue c (singular definite luen, plural indefinite luer)

1. tuque, (a knit cap)

Inflection

Declension of lue

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lue	luen	luer	luerne
genitive	lues	luens	luers	luernes

Synonyms

• (knit cap): tophue c, strikkehue c

References

• “lue,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlueˣ/, [ˈlue̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ue
• Hyphenation^(key): lue

Interjection

lue

1. read; used to indicate pronunciation

   Synonym: luetaan

   Yhdistettyä funktiota merkitään f∘g (lue "f pallo g").

   A function composition is denoyed f∘g (read, "f of g").

2. (humorous) that is; used to indicate equivalence

   Synonyms: eli, siis

   Hän on poliitikko (lue valehtelija).

   He's a politician (that is, a liar).

Verb

lue

1. inflection of lukea:
   1. second-person singular imperative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

Anagrams

• leu

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly/

• Audio:

  (file)

Participle

lue f sg

1. feminine singular of lu

Anagrams

• élu, leu

Italian

Etymology

From Latin luēs (“plague, pestilence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.e/
• Rhymes: -ue
• Hyphenation: lù‧e

Noun

lue f (invariable)

1. (medicine) Synonym of sifilide (“syphilis”)
2. (figurative, literary) plague, misfortune
3. (poetic) an evil person
   • 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland]‎^[1], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, Canto VII, page 25:

     La ſopraueſta di color di ſabbia
     Su l'arme hauea la maledetta lue

     The damned villain had a sand-colored overgarment over his arms

Latin

Noun

lue

1. ablative singular of luēs

Verb

lue

1. second-person singular present active imperative of luō

Mandarin

Romanization

lue

1. Nonstandard spelling of lüè.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lue f or m (definite singular lua or luen, indefinite plural luer, definite plural luene)

1. beanie

References

• “lue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.